1. consumption - noun
· the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonym(s): ingestion, intake, uptake
Hypernym(s): bodily_process, body_process, bodily_function, activity
2. consumption - noun
· involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Synonym(s): pulmonary_tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting_disease, white_plague
Hypernym(s): tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
3. consumption - noun
· (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
Synonym(s): economic_consumption, usance, use, use_of_goods_and_services
Hypernym(s): demand
4. consumption - noun
· the act of consuming something
Synonym(s): using_up, expenditure
Hypernym(s): depletion
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